“India’s top court on Tuesday issued a landmark verdict recognizing transgender rights as human rights, saying people can identify themselves as a third gender on official documents.

The Supreme Court directed the federal and state governments to include transgendered people in all welfare programs for the poor, including education, health care and jobs to help them overcome social and economic challenges. Previously, transgendered Indians could only identify themselves as male or female in all official documents.

The decision was praised as giving relief to the estimated 3 million Indians who are transgender.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Nirmala George / AP / Talking Points Memo:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/india-top-court-recognizes-third-gender-category